#congress debate

[representative-blank]

okay, it’s the night before a tournament- here’s what I do:

Motivate and encourage yourself. You are prepped. You are ready. You are going to do amazing. If you can’t do it yourself? Send me an ask. You’ve got this, and you should know it

Do stuff to make your voice better. No milk. No chocolate. No cheese. It’ll be worth it. Drink tea, put cough drops and gum in your bag, do whatever you need to do

Finish whatever prep you need to do- and DON’T slack off. I’m slacking right now- if you need to finish padding a speech, pad your speech. Need to come up with an agd? Come up with an agd. Do what you need to do.

Double check everything last minute. Did you charge your laptop? Is your phone charging? Do you have all your prep done? Do you have snacks or lunch for the tournament? Money? Is your bag ready? Make sure you have everything ready for the day of.

Calm yourself down. I know you’ve got that anxiety in your chest, or stomach, or wherever your anxiety and stress settles, but that is what will ultimately hold you back. You’ve got this. It’s okay. It’ll also help with this next step:

Sleep- and sleep well. No matter how early you need to wake up tomorrow, try to get at LEAST six or seven hours of sleep. I know eight is recommended, but we’re debate kids- it’s not realistic. Get as much sleep as you can, it’ll make you feel way better tomorrow.

You’re ready. You’re ready. You’re ready. You’re going to do amazing. You’re prepped and ready and you’re going to so good. If you need any more encouragement, send me an ask or a dm. You’ve got this.

[godisarepublican]

[kiralou02]

A small boy asks his Dad, "Daddy, what is politics?"

Dad says, "Well son, let me try to explain it this way: I'm the breadwinner of the family, so let's call me Capitalism.

Your mom, she's the administrator of the money, so we'll call her the Government.

We're here to take care of your needs, so we'll call you the People.

The nanny, we'll consider her the Working Class.

And your baby brother, we'll call him the Future.

Now, think about that and see if that makes sense." So the little boy goes off to bed thinking about what Dad has said. Later that night, he hears his baby brother crying, so he gets up to check on him. He finds that the baby has severely soiled his diaper. The little boy goes to his parents' room and finds his mother sound asleep. Not wanting to wake her, he goes to the nanny's room. Finding the door locked, he peeks in the keyhole and sees his father having sex with the nanny. He gives up and goes back to bed.

The next morning, the little boy says to his father, "Dad, I think I understand the concept of politics now." The father says, "Good, son, tell me in your own words what you think politics is all about." The little boy replies, "Well, while Capitalism is screwing the Working Class, the Government is sound asleep, the People are being ignored and the Future is in Deep Shit."

[doomdoomofdoom]

If nothing else, I want you to take this away from yesterday's presidential debate:

This is a literal, actual, verbatim quote.

[thegirlinmask]

Democracy is just a hairs breath from ending, but that doesn't mean you can't have fun at tomorrow's debate!

[wring-wraith]

Debate Quotes I forgot to post:

(in honor of me giving up on debate for the season)

"the best way to stop weapons stockpiling is to 'Just Say No'??"

"the audacity of a man with the confidence of a muppet"

"what if, hypothetically, we knew these burgers could kill millions of people?"

"school breaks are not killing children"

*climbs over a chair*

"the only thing predictable here is that we will waste money"

"go take your depression photo"

"we're here for a good time, NOT a long time"

"please don't compare gay rights to the Taliban."

"as Taylor Swift once said, band-aids don't fix bullet holes"

"The U.S. and McDonalds are very different."

[usakkhae]

I saw some people talking about that so I want to clarify something: Forever and Cellbit want a council and they always did.

"But they literally argued with Bbh and Baghera AGAINST that" They liked the ideia of a council, what they didn't like was a council without a president or at least someone to represent them to the federation.

Because at that point they were already kind of a council. They shared ideias, talked with each other and tried to improve the island but that didn't matter because the federation was the one controlling everything, they had no power to go against it or talk/ask/complain to them. A council without a president, someone with some kind of power or contact with the Federation, wouldn't be so useful. That's what they believed.

Forever and Cellbit said in the debates that they would listen to the people, would integrate them into the government in some way, with ministries for example (como Camâra de Deputados prós brs. É literalmente apenas a forma de governo normal que o Forevis quer fazer)

So before anyone says that they are hypocrites or smth similar, remember that. (Recommend rewatching the debates if anything too)

[ra-archives]

I was at a debate competition yesterday, so here's some art of the chain based on that. This is a debate au now ig?

Lu-tober day 15+16

No prompt

Debate AU lmao

Anyway highlights from the trip + bonus info

Had to get up at like 3:45 am, had to be their at 4:45 and then hours of drive time it was some bullshit no one was happy also it was cold as fuck

Wild and Hyrule being in Congress bc they're speech kids and need a debate even is so me tho. I crashed and burned cause I had not a single thing prepared lmao

Turned Legend and Four into a PF duo cause they gave me the same vibe as a pair of people on my team, also I think it'd be funny

I won first place with my Oratory! Wasn't actually expecting that, but I got straight 1's through all my rounds, was very confused at first but hey I slay :D

Last comic bit of Wild winning is basically a recreation of that moment expect there was more exited running and fistbumps as I returned to the audience

Probably never gonna touch this idea again but I find it amusing for now. Maybe one or two bored doodles during rounds.

[jangillman]

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[stephen-barry]

President Donald Trump on Tuesday didn’t condemn white supremacist groups and their role in violence in some American cities this summer, branding it solely a “left-wing” problem - and telling one far-right extremist group to “stand back and stand by.”

<<== Donald Trump; on Sept. 30, 2020 = 4 years ago

[representative-blank]

So, it’s the day before the tournament and you have no prep: a guide from a very burnt out debater

Do you care about your ranks in this tournament? Because this will fundamentally change what you should do

If you don’t care about your ranks:

PO. If you don’t know how to PO, have someone teach you and learn quickly. This helps both if you care and don’t care. (I’ll post a guide for PO-ing later)

Crystal. Crystalling is when you summarize all the arguements in a round and argue why your side overall wins the debate. You need to have really good flow and really good fluency/good bs-ing skills because you CANNOT prepare a crystal in advance

Hope and pray a teammate won’t be in your chamber and steal their speech

Possibly, don’t speak on a bill. If it’ll do you better to give no speech than a bad speech (depends on your definition of bad), then don’t speak. It sucks, but if you’re like me, it’s because you’re burnt out

If you care about your ranks:

PO. Same as what I said before- and a lot of judges rank POs very highly. Just make sure what you know what you’re doing, and try to have a gavel beforehand, otherwise you look very unprepared

Try and get speeches from other people. It’s embarrassing, I know, but if they’re not in your chamber then it’s up for grabs if you ask me

Crystal. I’m putting this at the bottom, because as I said- it’s hard even if you take good flow, because you need to have good fluency & improv skills. If you can pull one off, go for it. Crystal your every speech, but for someone who’s not, I’d recommend to try something else

Stay up late & wake up early. I lied, this is the bottom, because IMO, to preform well, you need good sleep, and I can’t recommend this in good faith. But if you can’t PO, crystal, or get speeches from other people, you don’t really have any other choice. And I’ll be honest, it sucks. If you need help with researching, send me a dm and your timeframe and I’ll see what I can do if I see it in time. Just… take care of yourself.

Good luck, y’all! My night before the tournament tips are here, and you’re gonna do great! Remember- you’re always right, and they’re always wrong

[godisarepublican]

[1134soup]

SECOND PLACE in open public forum babeyyyy I needed to shit really bad in like three out of my four rounds so I was trying not to fart a bunch while doing my rebuttals and then in my last two rounds I started feeling nauseous and like having insane fucking heart rate moment but I pulled through somehow I was clenching my ass during those rounds man

[malificandy]

This is preparation to swiftly roll out "Project 2025."

Project 2025 seeks to place the entire Executive Branch of the U.S. federal government under direct presidential control, eliminating the independence of the DOJ, the FBI, the Federal Communications Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, and other agencies.

[raskolnikov-moved]

I feel like I think more logically compared to other people, and I'm not just saying that. I think because I've always been good at stuff like debate naturally and constructing logical arguments it means I have a good sense of logic and critical thinking. But it ends up getting cancelled out by mental illness symptoms of being erratic/emotional so i don't get any benefit out of it. -_-

[wring-wraith]

sometimes i'm confounded by how i love love LOVE being a high schooler who literally goes to school(s) on the weekend for the sole purpose of yelling at other teenagers about issues that are really out of our control and wearing fancy little suits while doing so